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I If _ . MAILS. Du G ottenbu rgh, I D d ON , st Waterford. vizicL OF s7rOgK-s:: • • ?NIS DA AT Twig . Lvt b'cl.totr. Consols - - 6711 Otniiiterit fl E SU N. g0;444 ri,.L4uu AUDZAT I L O'N D 0 N, FAIDA.Y, AUGUST 5, 180?. Wa have nothing to add to the i Trppisfence which we yesterday communicated to, ogO i tt4ders from which, upon the wholeoverc&igrderits high. ly , I.:;l.iraNry, though we c?4l,,i4"dW h ille nor'ptie pared to expeet the sudden retrea4,c4rin.sCUESTA's A)rny, nor the advance of Mar.shalith , ..sstEms to-' wards Portugal: We have dot suffcient informa kon before us to speak with any precision upon the - cause. 3 which led to the retreat of CLTESTA it is said, and It/L: bt-lieVe with some foundation in . truth; that it was occasioned, in a great degree, by a tnisuilder'=' standing which took place between him and General; • 1:3;-AKE, reSpelqing the battle of the 14th,.near ItiO St:Co. General BLAKE certainly upon that occasion displayed the utmost skill and intrepiditi, and it is equally true that imputations have been thrown upon CuEsTA tor his conduct that day;. but whether these imputations were well . fot;:iicli'd.'Vi t 'ticit, we have . rlotirr-n -not at present the meats.9,f il lscer.‘4l'n t r9g c ,. Of the . advance of Marslial BisstEsreSWhaliceve&ti there ap. .pears to be no doubt ;_ . andqe6inAlWcii i .eumstance •• ,:.? 'of his direOing• his march oon'amora, there is reason* to believe that .he• meant to penetrate into Poolgal. - If lf,had . been,his intention to have en tered Gallicia Or the Asturias,•of• course,When he left ten'everito he would not have -marched - towards Zamora. At the san .-. time it appears to us strange that,..with 'so small a force.)4/1 'll§liitstated to have with ' him, viz. not abg4. 311 Wq1 8 13;4000 men, he .• . • Aa d pAti••• t • whole Country ahould attrupt to travers'e,re)r he .who e f .• ; . • .. , ; up in arms agaitist,l4wistridnw,th a,British. Airily of 12 or -13,000i - 1:1 , 4d oilP4ttigll-4: • • A c el—. • It was last night reported :41 Aclion had taken 'place beokeen General CAsT4NEos and Du..g‘ oNT, in. ...Onich the French were at first succe3sful,•.ancr•haa even got poss,-.‘ss:On of Coidoya but that the-86 7 - tish troops, under General SpiNcER, coming up; :he French were completely.defeated.--There-tiocts not appear tp be any foundation for this report. ' A Council of the Cthinet Minisfers,was held yes terday at the Foreign. Office, in Downing-street, on the advices received frorn Spain. His Grace the Duke of POATLAND attenced. Mredrie4di)' . tlie'(;4YEEN and PIiIt ; CESES took an airing to Clitdeh Lodge, where they dined,'•and then A.:l - nroed to the Palace to tea. • • Yestetclay morning - his PriLlo6S . Sq§ So- P}11.1; AiJoys-Tx, ancl'AtEl.:fAi•-t-tieciinpanied,by Lord. \ \ . 7 ALSINGHA:NI, Lady Gt-oßttiltwAToks.A.Y, Generals CAitTWHIGHT and Frrz:44vtijuttatkih‘Viißdsor Great . l i V4, and r, turned at CkiiiePtitiSri. . , . "Ph(l Q.pEEN -and j,l.iAncieqisEefzlttal - 2ti , took an . Co Frogniere Lo4ge, 4liti l ialkell tho.gar .cle' tiVa considerable tini&. 1)5• The City of Corunna "wj-A ilh.tali '6ied in boudur of the landieg.of; , GerwrEil Sir A. Wif.LLESLEI. • c. ..„ The country, never appeared more beutifi n ll . fba :it does at present, and' tie hiaiVe : st . ptonaiSes" uneoramnnly abundant:— - • . , • ~ . • • When the 761 h; or . Hindosfan heginient no iti , • w camp near .Colchejter, received:orders to hOld them selves in readinesS for emb4aiii.in, , it was received Avid, three loud enthusiastic :4 eapv alrthe ..c • 4 ers and men, who e pre : n Jl( ep v Areite u 1 .at again having the.- oppqr, Itt?i : ty t iqt emulating Iheit late glorious confrtcTs offPieg^,, Aligar,. and Laswarre. :Col. DoYLE and several 13tititili-..e.ificers were pre sent at a dietetical representation at, Corunna, prior Eta Cite last 'accounts corning away. The highest re spect was pa dto them. " Rule Britannia," God .t1.1;t: tlie ging , -, atui v.irious English airs were.played in compliment to the British,nation. Yesterday tnornirg a considerable draft was made "froin . rhe-ad regiment .of Guards, in.order to- supply ~.11e place of those who have volunteered on Foreign §ervi.ce, from ,(,.:Itathatn, .Deal,. Dover, &c. , They will march. from town to-morrow morning. • His Grace the LORD LIEUTENANT has been pleas ed to order IQOI. as a inward to EDMUND BURN S , GOR.noN's Steward) wlib la.ely made .a vigor.; apd spir . lied resistance housq was at• uicked at 13,illinvoher; ccronipci•Typerary. I.:xiraet of a 'Leber frniti ati Office' ilf rank in the Brills') Forces landed at irt'ffiotatgal, dated the tgti 0 , Jury . • ' I am; landed ''‘iii(l4 it 7 4.laitalion of Royal .I.larines, as fine fellowgaa eVerlifB f pipecl the earth.— The French are; - I unclerstnd, advancing to attack the'City Of coinibra, about . 24 Miles from this place. They have Onty 4000 men, and the Portuguese who 4eiend it are nearly 18,000, of all ions, regulars and irregulars. Coimbra is an amazing strong . .a rid well fortified City, so situated, that cannon - Fan scarcely be tirot...),lat to ate against it with any'prosped of suc cess. We are all re,tely.to assist the Portuguese, if ;„anted, bat they appear itz ., h Vitas. 4 The last accounts trot)) yporsotpt.nrro 91 ? that on searching the house of 0 - ot;'6l-idiif:Co'nsui at t ha t w4ohe life was viir'Nci _a I,Ehe...),i)trbessiOn of the iti.h, tl:py found. i:if,art4Y - 4 ill - pl.ements.qf tor tare hidden in vaults doubt wa enter that they were Intended - 16 be employed upon he Pal r:otic Portuguese, on the arrival of the French Opotto. • NAVAL NE W FALMOUTH, AUG. 3.—Sailed this day His Wes ty's Ship Pomone, of 44 guns, - with abotit 60 Sail under convoy for Gibraltar, Malta, and Sicily ; Trompeuse and Little Belt, with about 40 Sail for Africa ; Growler with-8 Sail of Viauallers for the Fleet off L'Orient-; -L . -Aim/We, with it-Transports, having on board the 20th Regiment of Footuntr the Queen's, bound, it is supposed, for the Tagus ; Ann Tender for Bristol ; _Emmeline, W'ATTE,RMAg, for Oporto.; Portuguese Schooner Angelica", DA COSTA, with a Portnitese Messenger for Oporto; and Pa triot FORD, for Corunna and Gibraltar. His Majesty's Ship Thais, with about '3O Sail frOm Portsmouth for the Brazils, put in here yester day, and remain with he Steady Gun-brig. Arrived this day His ,Majesty's Ship Bonne Ci toyenne , from off Brest. - TiTe — Princes3 . lAnielia, with Mails for Coruttha, sailed this day.. ! : The Portuguese Brig ltleyo del Mundy /for the Brazils, is on shore;- with six feet water in er hold; Will be obliged to reland. COWES, AUG. 4.—Passed by this morning early about 30 Transports, all bound fpr Ireland to take in Tioops ; but as the wind has came round to the westward, it is thought they will not reach further than Yarmputh; where a Frigate is lying to - take them under convoy.. Last evening a large American Ship from the Westward passed through this Road -(name un known) from Barcelona, supposed for London.. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 3.--,Sailecl the P..urydice Frigate on a cruize -to the Westward, and :Towns. held ~Packet, which arrived here yesterday . fro/ii Spain, ,for Falmouth. The Leviathan, 01"74 guns, and Naiad Frigate, went out-of Harbour this morning, and anchored, the former in Cawsaud Buy, the latter in the Sound. No arrivals from. Spain or Portugal to-day. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 4.—Arriveor this.day • La. Loire Frigate, Captain S CHOW:MUG . ; Success Frigate, Captain Ayscotroll• Eurydice, Frigate, Captain BR Anil' AW, and Forrester. Sloop of War, Captain - . RICHARDS, from the Downs. ,;, - Sailed the Buttdicea Frigate, Captain 1 - 1A ; TLI:, on a cruize. DEAL, AUGUST, 4.—Sailed His Majesty's Ship -Glonimen on a duize. - - • Th e warner arrived a Madras on' the 30th of December, having on board Sir EumuND STAN LEY ; on h;s'landing the guns were fired, and he was re ceived by Sir GEORGE BARLOW, the Governor, with - every demonstration of respe& and attention. Sir EpNIUND was "expeaed to remain only a short time af - Mdras, as his residence at Prini‘e of Wales Island w,:s nearly ready ior his reception. The American ship Fate, NEWMA,N; Siar:ig4lls, .}ILL; sacccss, SCUIMMELL S; Kink. og COLLIER ;. .Liou; Catharina, Scrw ARTs I 1 1 oppet, iiouNQuitis.ii and the Ferdinand, ar e condemned at Copenhagen. Mr. DUFF sailed on Wednefday , from Ports -mouth,- for Cadiz, in the Minorca Sitity , of War, '.accompanied by the Champion Frigate, with one hundred -.thousand dollars, on board for: The support of the .Spanish cause. The half-pay to militarrofficers, up to: the 25th of June, will •commence paying on Monday next. •Extraa of a Letter from Capt. BROWN, of the 11654 from Jamaica for London, dated Corunna, 30th July, 1808 :—" On the 14th inst. in 'lat. 3G. N. long.' 2.q. West, I fell in with a Spnish Pri vateer ; after exthanging a few s h o t s , t h e w i nd be inglight, she put out her sweeps, andcathe under the stern of the loss, and • not being.able to bring a gun to bear, .Avas obliged to strike my colours, and was carried into Comarinos on the 19th June; on my coming herel applied to the British Minister, Sir JAMES STEWART, who informs me, that it must be settled • by' arbitration; I have appointed Mr. .I\foßnAyAqx, Agent for the British Pr goers here, likewise one of the most respeElable Merchants here, 09 the Ship's behalf; 'assuring you of every exertion on my part being used for the 'Ship'§ re lease." Captain C;OCK, of the Townshend Packet,, arrived in London on Wednesday evening; he left CorUn 7 na on the morning of Sunday last, and was in sight of Plymouth on Tuesday morning, where the:Packet vvas becalmed; he &retied his boat, to be hoisted out, and although he was 17 miles from the shore, he was rowed into Plymouth in a few. hours ; he instantly set off for London, delivered his dis patches at half past nine last night at the Admiralty, and at ten he delivered those directed for. the Spanish Deputies, Saturday lair' the Assizes at York were opened by the Hon. Sir ALAN CRA-MRRE, Knt. - and the Hon; Sir GEORGE WOOD, Knt. wherriPm aged 35, of - Amotherby, in the North Riding, was capitally convi6ted for having uttered tWo` , Bills of .44change, knowing them to be forged. -. . . Sir CHARLES BAMPFYLDE'S Manor of Wapley and Codrinaton, was sold . in lots' last 'Thursday, a t . t he .bush favern, Bristol, for 76,0001. C. ConhINGTOkl; .E.sq. was the , principal purchaser: this Gentleman pnrcitased West Kingston Manor last year at 33,0001. His magnificent buildings now cost I ;rn 1 . 50,0001. aria his property and royalties around it extend for upwards of 50 miles, SP..INIBII PAP2BS. J. BEREVENTE, 3V1.422 - .--4-IViaratial BXSalliitni l Vl4 O .„y,w 4 entered this place with from 10 to 12,000 rats subsequent to the retreat of ..Our army, matcheidv out again in the evening of the 20th._ The country is entirely- laid waste, for the enemy cut down . all the plantations,-and fed-their horses,: with the corn. - Seignor CVESTA has retreated with the cavalry„ and has left the infantry at theii own-disposal.,-; It is said that he has gone to join PALAF9X. • VALDEVIEGAS, JULY 20.—OUT,head-quarters are i , at Man zanal, and the advanced guard has arrived r' , at Astorga, where it remains completely °Wither! , • alert. ,s,rf Sei-gnor CUESTA has suddenly evacuated Ilene vente, and marched for Leon. In consequenceii of dispatches taken by a. Serjeant of the Aegimetit of Saragoa, from a French Aid-de-Camp, whom he apprehended in. the disguise of a Spanish postil lion; and which dispatches were transtnitted to Seig nor CUESTA, WllO received thetriaL4n o'clock at night, he disinissed the peasantry belonging to his army, ordered the cavalry to mount, and with them and the flying artillery, he marched off suddenly at twelve o'clock, saying, " Let those who are able and willing follow me." This precipitate departure has given *rise to various speculations. There are some, who from the intelligence received yester day, iredift some, heroic achievement as the issue 'of the plan which he had so suddenly adopted. • . _ ! - _ i la# the affiiffing situation of the heroine of his pic ~lule, adopted the exped i ent of throwinga veil ov e r he QoPtuit6lnance, leavinv her distress to be inferred . ;Tria l the-rest of her action, and each spe&ator to t coOgtw, according to his own sensations, what Ilt ose s were which were con c eal e d by t h e d e licate [ ! .drapery, In truth, generous Britons, as a philosophia 1 cal people, you must .be sufficiently aware, that how. ever vivid our emotions, our organs are very torpid in • - their poWers of diSfaying them; a'nd that with soul; of sensibility and delicacy, sen s ati ons -are abundant, but words few in number. You yourselves 'possess Allis charaaer which is so 'analagous to that of the ' Spaniards—multiplicityaFgenerousaetious, few and well-guarded expressions. - The wise maxim if `.' , cci Wigye in deeds and not in words," is on this oc• 4.44 'you, just criterion of y ou r con d u et. Let no 'ilthay zou, inasmuch as, sile n t with regar d to w hat 'llyeti avAitherto done, you are still d o i ng , an d in' t, -7 -!tenitia dry - more - for the - benefit of the - Spailiards. ' ,4 -Ye. generous English ! much have you done, and -- imu_ch you will yet do. The moment you saw u% Aabouring'under oppression, you turned your eyes ^ towards .us. Toll stretched forth a beneficent hand, the instant we applied to you ; and notwithstanding 'yoUr being.at :open war with Spain, you offered t 2; your alliance, and unaertook our defence with more energy than that of the most friendly nation. Yost have given - us peace; the peace which we so much wished. fOr,_ a' maritime peace.. You have opened to us the navigation t,f the se a s ; you have opened to us your ports; - and; finally; you have_ plated all your means at our disposal. You have supplied u 5 - with itnplements 1:.-f _War, ammunition, provisions, . and clothingLand,_protrided with these and other .. .necessaries, you have restored - to their homes, for' the purpose of their defending them, and joining ir:L the common ciuse, all the Spaniards who were pri soners among you : they have returned with conge; lation to their faMilies; Oar had despaired Of seeing then for along period of rime ; but, generous na.• t 64. what. has been' hi th erto unexampled, a sub. s 145443ii; 1 weare infortheddias been opened' at Lou',, don, an d , is rapidly fi lling tip, far the relief of the t ., ... 4 Atldas' and,'orphans of: those Spaniards who mai' - dretlizriously in defence of their opprCssed country. GGI-Oat- and generobs a c tion, - which cou ld on l y be performed by a nation which is-great in•every thing t But here let me break oft and lie silent ; for yoilr , generosity, transcends all my powe r s o f express i on .. CURUNNA,. JULY 2g:--Yesterday morning -atris°4 here, a priie to a British Vessel, a French Galliot Sfn . m Martinique; laden with co ff ee, cotton, and (314er colonial predations. i•;'r _ - ,p, '" - • 4 `,y as . CpRUNNA,. JULY 27.—1 n the evening . ot,, , w. a 25th, the English Colonel CAROL set off postrfeetra this place,. for our army, accompanied-by a Seeileint to coif and a private Soldier. • --- The Vessels belonging to the English Conn continue to arrive here, and at the other ports of the kingdom. SEVILLE, JULT 13.:--In the different churches of this city prayers have been put up, imploring the Divine assistance upon our arms. -We are assured f' . ,rrittic t that the attack'was to be made yesterday. etaeilT PUERTO REAL, JULY n .—ln. the kiegfilpm o lf . /q Friday last, being Quarter Assembly, the Seville we have 50,000 men in arms. OfAh ese I 1 tre — edom of the City of Dublin was nnanitnously , esßferred on Lieutenant-Colonel T ORRENS , f Militarf to'Sir ARTHU R W ELLESLEY on t h e pr e* 30,000 are troops ofthe line, and the rest, thou +h .lm., newly raised,' are pretty well disciplined, hasiing! sent Expedition. been constantly exercising for the last month. The On Monday se'nni g ht, d ur i ng a v i o l ent storm o f g_ a fire-ball entered the dwel 4 , _ ._ whole of this force is posted. in the environs of An- , .., . thunder and light n i ng , of Mrs. EATON, widow, of Tn a me, dujar, where General DUPONT has entrenched him- Oxfordshire, down the chimney, which was much self with 9600 troops, in expectation of reinforce- shattered by the deScent 3it then burst in the house, merits, or in consequence of finding his retreat to Whereby several articles of furniture were d es t ro y e ri part of it - 'afterwards rebOunded through the roof Madrid entirely cut off. . into the street without further damage. Provi We are in hourly expectation of hearing of an en- dcntialiy no person was in the room at the time of the accident. ,gagernent, though there are some - "Who assert that A tremendous r a i n b egan to fall i n th e township General CASTANOS' plan is to starve tue enemy into 'of Barkisland, in the parish of Halifax, on Motidaf a surrender. - the 26th Lilt. at four o'clock in the aft ernoon , and The English are received here in the same man- , continued till six. In halran hour from it com mence. . `meat the roads were flooded to the depth of marl per as in other parts of the kingdom. ThiY dig- feet,' according to the height of 'the fences. In the embarked a few days since, and about 2000 of their village of Barkisland the foundation of the houses troops are now quartered in this place. . ; xnare laid low ; and.tbe whole plac e w o uld h ave been , i(siafeet away, had it not been bu i lt on a rock. As it CADIZ, JULY 12.—The accounts from theilfthw 1, i sifis„..totie road to Stainland is for the time annihilated, _k ; ,l / - L __.a - ~_, Ananjar are very flattering. They ariVrtLina.resty-..being- broken into holes that would bury a waggon, t - crud' this in the rock. The above circumstances are resolved to beat the French, who are eq.ratz' ri V i el .__ .. ...T1 - ail io more extraordinary, as Barkisland is d very high '', to 10,000. . , ' - ' " 9 ra of ilitutaton (out of the reach of any brook)', and thq There are some'English troops here; and at'thec. space of ground on which the water fell that caused port of Santa Maria 2900 have been disembarked f ur . the flood caintot be 300 acres.---(1-/a/Vax Jourild,/.)/ - -., • ~: • . Sunday-afternoon Lewes was visit e d by a ' stor n3 the purpose of refreshment, after being sd, long on of. thunder, lightning, and rain, .s.vh'.ch continuea shipboard. • ' for several hours, and the,greatest part of the time . , with unabated violence e .. The lightning was m VIGO, JULY 25.—At three o'clock yesterday after- tremely s trong and vivid, arid the thunder tr enie no noon a convoy hove ire sight of this place. Ittcwks..ptlonsly . loud and awful. A. -cow belonging. to HI steering for the coast of Portugal, and conßistigi. Of)0- AcKsozr, Esq. was killed by a flash of the light' / T l t r • ' 6 =- 41in g' 69 - merchant vessels, three sail of the line,,an _., wq _ • t •ni „ . :11.,may be worthy of remark, that the nightingale •• has been heard frequently, during the present sum frigates. It is supposed to , )e the fleet which-is,eon-. % veying 8000 men from England to the assistance of: :•: . 'mer, in the gardens belonging to the Earl of LONS. the Portugese. DALE, in Fisher-street, Carlisle. We have he ar d it obserted, that this bird was never farther North than Yorkshire, nor more to the West than Devono shire. Our woods are rendered melodious by the thrush, the linnet, and the blackbird; but, like the groves of Scotland, we believe they were never be fore visited by the sweet and tender strains of WO nocturnal warbler . .—(Tyne Mercury.) FEMALE FORTITI,WE.—It is a fact, th2t in Pam. barton Castle, in Scotland, Miss ROBERTSON, the Governor's daughter, a young lady of distinguished beauty and accomplishments, fires the cannon of that Fort, on the appointed days, according to a. time-piece, whin she holds in her hand, to estimate the allotted intervals of different explosions. If out females would generally imitate this example, would BUONAPARTE dare to invade a nation whose Fait display at once the 'valour of Mars, and the charms of Venus ? VIANA, JULY 20.—The news in this quarter is, that our troops continue to' march towards Coirtibra, with the intention of proceeding to rescue the capi tal from the possession of the French traitors.. Figue ras, Nazaret, and St. Martin, ate already free; and at Peniche there are said to be only'about 40 French remaining. From the capital we receive no intelli gence, the. past not being permitted 'to come away . God grant that the inhabitants may speedily recover their liberty ! I will send you information of what ever passes, for I hope in God those robbers who have so much barrassed us are on the point of being totally exterminated. [The following i$ annexed to an article of London of the tst of !Lily, containing an account of the reteiltiOn of the Spanish Deputies, and the substance of Lord Himikes bury's Declaration in the House of Lords on the preceding evening.] " TO THE GENEROUS ENGLISH NATION. •" When a nation, naturally honourable, kind hearted, and grateful, like the Spaniards; meets with another, noble, great, and generous, like the English, their affections mutually unite and coalesce, and there results the most generous riyalship, on the one hand in conferring obligations, and on the other in making witable demonstrations •of gratitude. - In the foriner respe&, how much are we indebted to you, generous English ! and in the latter, all ! c;ottld you bat know the extent of our sensibility and' gra titude ! Words cannot express it ; they are too table 'acid scanty ; and to confess that they are so, .. . . . is the only resource which remains to us in + order to - , - . . mime you acquainted with our inmost feelings ; like the celebrated painter of antiquity, who, incapable ofinventirm a sufficient decree, of expression to pou.r. VIIDERSTANDING AND MtmortY.--That the tan' der'standing may be so perfeet and mechanical as to survive even the loss of memory itself, the fallowing instances fully prove :—De Lagny, the mathema tician, for two days had lain in a deep lethargy, and had not known even his own children. Maupertius abruptly, and with a very loud voice, asked biro what was the square of 12?-144, replied a feeble lingering remain of the expiring intelleet. The ce.• lebrated physician, Chirac, was , much in the salu° state, and without any power of recollecting those near his death-bed, his right hand Mechanical laid hold of his left, and feeling his pulse, he ev claimed, " They have called me too late ; the pa' „tient has been bled, and he should have been 011: coated. He is a . dead man."—The prediction an d propostic were soon after verified. A curious lulus .nature appeared in a breed of three yhung canaries.' batched AL Aberdeen ill breeding 'cage lately ; the, bras, which are 0' heal! hy, and now fully fledged, being entirely witiv i. • out feet. r ft